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Re:Are Bitcoins The Future? by verbalist on Friday April 05, 2013 @12:27AM (#5496773)
> I'd put a rough upper bound on that at $20k

Um, what? There are public addresses with thousands of Bitcoins. Why aren't they getting looted?

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Re:Are Bitcoins The Future? by patio11 on Friday April 05, 2013 @12:29AM (#5496778)
Bitcoin consuming web applications, such as stores/exchanges, are routinely being looted.
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Re:Are Bitcoins The Future? by verbalist on Friday April 05, 2013 @01:57AM (#5496990)
you were implying that arbitrary public addresses could be cracked with a 20k budget, and i am saying that it is not the case.
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